Kicking the door open into 2023, Black Stone Cherry have revealed a brand-new song,"Out of Pocket." The song is out now via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group and is available on all streaming platforms. Out of Pocket" is the band's first new song since the release of their 2020 album The Human Condition and is another trademark rocker from their locker. Emotionally rousing with a roof-raising battle cry chorus, it shows the band at their anthemic best. The lifelong friends Chris Robertson, vocals/guitar; Ben Wells, guitar/vocals; and John Fred Young, drums, welcome their new bass player Steve Jewell on his first studio recordings, having slayed the stages with them over the past two years. Talking about the song Chris Robertson says, "’Out of Pocket’ is a song born out of that exact feeling. The song was what I personally, and I think a lot of us, felt over these very trying last couple of years. Facing your demons, knowing that you have to come out the other side stronger than before." Over the past two decades, the Kentucky Southern rockers have shaken stages from arenas to festivals across Europe, bringing the good times every time. In 2021 they fulfilled a lifetime ambition of playing London's iconicRoyal Albert Hall, bringing an incredibly emotional and powerful performance. Now it's time to blow the roof off those arenas once again. Black Stone Cherry have 2023 firmly in their sights and are taking it, lock, stock and barrel.

Helmet is an American alternative rock band from New York City formed in 1989 by vocalist and lead guitarist Page Hamilton. Since 2010, the band has consisted of Hamilton, drummer Kyle Stevenson, guitarist Dan Beeman and bassist Dave Case. Helmet has released eight studio albums and two compilation albums. After releasing their debut album, Strap It On (1990), on Amphetamine Reptile, Helmet signed to Interscope Records and released three albums for the label, including the highly successful Meantime (1992), Betty (1994) and Aftertaste (1997). Helmet broke up in 1998, but reformed in 2004, and has since released four more albums ― Size Matters (2004), Monochrome (2006), Seeing Eye Dog (2010) and Dead to the World (2016). In June 2021 the band released via their website only a limited edition box set entitled “Move On” featuring 4 x 7” singles including the following covers and live tracks: Move on (David Bowie) w/ More Bad News live Mercy (Wire) w/ Rollo live ETI (Blue Oyster Cult) w/ Blacktop live I’m only sleeping (The Beatles) w/ Crisis King live 2023 saw the band return to the studio for it’s ninth album Left which was released by earMusic in November 2023.

Few if any have done as much in 21st century rock-and-roll than Seattle-born solo artist Ayron Jones, who already boasts two No. 1 rock hits on the U.S. Billboard charts in just three years. In total, Jones, who also has chart-toppers in countries like France and Germany, has released seven top-40 hits, including the passionate track, “Take Me Away,” the weeping, “Mercy,” and vulnerable rocker, “Blood in the Water.” “I wasn’t born into this,” says Jones, who grew up forging his own path in Seattle. “I didn’t have the luxury of having a legacy to follow.” So, he created his own, one riff at a time. In a way, it’s all happened so quickly. In another, it’s a lifetime that’s manifested his success. From Seattle clubs to shoulder-to-shoulder with rock’s elite, the iHeart Radio Award-nominated Jones has toured with bands like Shinedown and Staind, played shows with Duff McKagan and members of Pearl Jam. Stars aligned both literally and figuratively for Jones, constellations of songs gave way to more. “Sheer will and determination has gotten us here,” he says. That and a little hometown love. Over the years, Seattle has helped raise Jones. “The Hendrix family is the reason I’m here,” he says of those related to the “Purple Haze” rocker. For it was Jimi’s kin who worked with Jones over the years, recruiting him for shows and collaborating with him onstage. The city’s iconic rap artist Sir Mix a Lot produced his debut 2013 record, Dream. Grunge icons Jack Endino and Barrett Martin (of Screaming Trees and Mad Season) produced his 2017 sophomore LP, Audio Paint Job. Those led Jones to sign with the vaunted record label, Big Machine, where he released his two major label albums, Child of the State in 2021 and Chronicles of the Kid in 2023. “I didn’t dream this dream to blend into the crowd,” Jones says. “I came out here to make a statement. That’s what a rock star is.” And that’s exactly what he’s accomplished. Jones and his band have opened for big name groups, including The Rolling Stones on two occasions. First in Detroit and then, upon request from Mick Jagger, in Paris. Other notable bands include Guns N Roses, Shinedown, Koe Wetzel, Halestorm & Daughtry. For Jones, who came up known as “the Kid,” playing in every local music club the Pacific Northwest had to offer, this is the American Dream personified. Now, it’s time for the next step in Jones’ prominent evolution. Supported by his wife Amy and five children, Jones is helping to light the way forward for rock and roll music, working on new music with Seattle stars like Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron and Guns N’ Roses’ McKagan. In a world where many have pronounced the death of the genre, Jones is Lazarus, rising up. Along with the likes of Lenny Kravitz, Prince and Hendrix, Jones is part of a lineage of songwriters and performers who are taking the origins of rock music and making it something new again. “I’m a Black American playing rock-and-roll for people who come from a different side of life,” he says. Indeed, Jones is one of the few Black rock-and-roll solo artists to ever top the Billboard charts. Persevering in adversity. Remaining grounded in success. That is Ayron Jones.